IndianHead Watershed Association

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WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP!!

IndianHead Watershead Association Fifth Annual Pig Roast - 9/26/09:

Our 5th Annual Pig Roast was held on Saturday September 26th. This was a hard one for some of us. It was the first Roast without Harry Hall. He was here in spirit though. As we were setting up our tables early Saturday morning, an eagle flew slowly down the creek about tree top height. It was if Harry was watching us! All those here saw it and the comment was "Harry is with us."

The music had people "dancing" in the flood line. Weather was great - the rain held off until we were cleaned up.

The was was great. The kids had fun with the games. We tried a new one this year. Paul Beck has battery powered, remote controlled boat. He put a needle on the front and let te kids try to break balloons that were place out in the creek. Even some adults tried it!

The three "Quickest" winners were

1. Emily Cosmi

2. Danielle Maser

3.Sean Oppeh

Senator John Rafferty and Rep. Mike Vereb joined us. They presented Chas Wood of Stony Creek Anglers with a check for $15,000.

Senator Rafferty presented Linda Hall and her daughters, Rebecca Bancroft and Amanda Grob with a Certificate of Condolences from the PA Senate.

Our Raffles were a huge success this year. The list of winners will be included here in he next few days.

Jan Beck donated a book "Afternoon on the Creek." Jan is the author. The pictures were all taken along the Perkiomen Creek. It is about a young boy, his grandfather and what they see on the creek.

If we get enough people interested, Jan will have more copies printed. If you want more info call Linda Hall @ 610-489-9180.

We were very fortunate to have donations by multiple area business and families. A big thank-you to:

Alpine Sanitation	Bardn't	Hoy, Jimmy
Applebees	Bancroft	Hoy, Donald
Austons Beverage	Beck	Kraft
Bourne Graphics	Cosmi	Santoro
Camp Hideaway	Donahue	Spence
Les Pigs	Gossard	Stiefel
Gannett & Fleming	Grob	Stoll
Stony Creek Anglers	Hall	Vogt
	Hoy, Cappy

Another year has passed. We've had our ups and downs. We had to cancel the Fishing Derby - Harry passed away - the economy has had its effect on all of us - But, we still managed to get together and show our support - SAVE OUR RECREATION. We will save this dam.

See all of you at next years Fishing Derby.

IndianHead Watershead Association Fourth Annual Pig Roast - 9/13/08:

The Indianhead Watershed Association's Fourth Annual Pig Roast was a rousing success. About 170 people gathered along the banks of the Periomen Creek to share food, mucis, laughter, and above all, the serenity and beauty of the creek.

Hopefully, we rasied awareness about all that the Perkiomen has to offer from the casual walker to those who enjoy outdoor recreation.

Among our honored guests were State Sen. John Rafferty and State Rep. Mike Vereb. We were treated to a remote-control sailboat demonstration by Jan and Paul Beck and music compliments of Anothony Santangello of DJ Twann City Eventide Entertainment (ewntideENT@yahoo.com) and guitarist Nicholas Spillane (nicholasspillan@yahoo.com). Kids played games for prizes and received free balloons from Balloon Store of Wheels.

Many Thanks to the following familes and Companies.

IndianHead Watershead Association Third Annual Fishing Derby - 6/21/08:

Our 3rd Annual Childrens Fishing Derby has come and gone. We had over 70 kids registered - almost 50 of them were between the ages of 5 and 9. They didn't seem to care that the fish weren't bitting very much. It was just a great way to spend a few hours outside with mom or dad. We enjoy seeing the youngsters show such an interest in fishing. They are the "Future Generations" we want to "Save the Recreation" for!

Association members appreciated Sen. John Refferty taking time from his busy schedule to stop by and spend some time with us. Some Stony Creek Angler members were here to help the kids or parents who just weren't sure "how to fish".

Believe it or not, many children under the age 5 caught more fish then the older ones. Of course, they caught them at Rainbow River (our game) instead of the Perkiomen Creek! Our lollipop game was also a great success.

Plenty of people enjoyed our hot dogs, tomato pie, chips, brownies and rice krispy treats - Lets not forget all the donuts, coffee, soda, water and juices. We didnt do this alone.

We would like to extend our thanks to the following companies and families which helped make our day a success.

Alpine Sanitation	Chick-Fil-A @ Audubon	L.P Optimist Club	Stony Creek Anglers
Am-E-Lyn Donuts	Conshohoken Bakery	Starbucks	Wawa @ Audubon
Bourne Graphics	Dicks Sporting Goods

Bancroft	Grob	McQuirns	Spense
Beck	Hall	Santoro	Stiefel
Bruno	Hoy	Simpson	Stoll
Cosmi	Martin	Small	Wallace
Donahue	Maser	Speers

Our "Recreation" serviced a large area. We had kids from

Audubon	Douglassville	Oaks	Royersford
Bridgeport	Eagleville	Phoenixville	Skippack
Collegeville	Norristown	Pottstown

We remind everyone that this area is accessible to anyone through Hoy Park in Lower Providence Township.

Our congratulations to the winners
Category: Sunny

Age 10-14:	Brandon Beard	Age 5-9:	Briana La Curts
	Sean Opplet		Ernie Hedrick III
	Tangi Rpsysor		Elizabeth Hedrick

Category: Bass

Age 10-14:	Ryan O'Toole	Age 5-9:	Alexis Strunk
	Kaityn O'Toole		Christopher Polidore
	Cody Davidson		Kenny Rasysor

Category: Bottom Fish

Age 5-9:	Christopher Polidore
	Hunter Smith

Again we extend our thanks to all who helped.

Mark your calendars - Saturday, Sept. 13th, 2008 is our 4th Annual Pig Roast. Tickets are available from Missy Stoll (484-680-2636) and Linda Hall (610-489-9180).

IndianHead Watershead Association Third Annual Pig Roast - 9/22/07:

Saturday morning scared us - showers - but once we setup tents, the rain stopped and we had a great time. Over 150 people attended our 3rd Annual Pig Roast including Senator John Rafferty and Mike Vereb.

Tables were setup on Tyson mill Road. Neighbors, family and friends enjoyed the food, the view and the music.

We want to thank Cappy Hoy for allowing us to user her property for parking - her sons Donald and Jimmy for helping with parking and her grandson James for putting together a great band.

Many thanks to the families who donated food, supplies or time to help us:

Bancroft	Grob	McQuirns
Barndt	Hall	Santoro
Beck	Koy	Speers
Cosmi	Kelly	Spense
Gossard	Kraft	Stiefel
		Stoll

We also want to thank the companies who helped us. We appreciate the support they give us.

Acme - Collegeville	Champps Americana	Max & Erma's
Alpine Sanitation	Conshohoken Bakery	Specks
Applebee's	Giant - Audubon	Starbucks
Balloon Store on Wheels	Les Pig's	Wawa - Audubon Gas
Bourne Graphics	Longhorn Restraurant	Zwahlen's

We had a door prize this year - a pencil sketh of our "Dam". It was done by local artist Dave Bancroft. The picture was won by Miriam Barndt.

Our Raffle this year was a great success. Below is the list of winners:

Raffle	Winners
25 - Acme Gift Card	Jim Donahue
$15 Applebee's Gift Letter	Karen Gossard
	Frank Stiefel (2)
	Elizabeth Mannato
	Dan Small
$25 Champps Americana Gift Card	Anne Marie Callahan
$25 Giant Gift Card	Linda Hall
$25 Longhorn Gift Card	Ben Gossard
Max & Erma's Gift Card	Lois Ann Barndt
Starbucks Gift Basket	Nikki Stiefel
Zwahlen's	Alan Martin
	Susan Darling
Book - Along the Perkiomen	Alan Martin
Homemade Afghan	Biff Rittenhouse
Snack Basket	Elizabeth Mannato
Disney Basket	Emilee Grob
Bear/Tea Set Basket	Becky Bancroft
Night at the Movies Basket	Ryan Kelly
Kids Craft Basket	Benjamin Gossard

Our special thanks go out to Casey Stoll, Caire Kraft and Danialle Maser. They presented our President an envelope which contained $63.00. The girls worked hard to earn money to help our cause. Ten years form now, they might become our officers!

Also special thanks to Jan Beck. She put together a special DVD to send out with the invitations. It stressed Hoy Park and how it gives anyone access to our beautiful area of recreation. She also made the DVD whihc was being shown here at the roast. Her husband Paul, is our offical photographer. He and Alan Martin took pictures during the roast. They will be posted soon.

It has been a good year. We are looking forward to the 3rd Annual Childrens Fishing Derby next year. See you there!

Saturday, June 16th 2007:

IWA's Fishing Derby Winners!
Front Row Kneeling:
Drew Rowley, Sydney Zebrowski, Cooper Reichwein, Megan Schlacter

Back Row:
Hunter Smith, Emily Cosmi, Kristen Brice, Erica Taylor, Corey Washington, Holly Tomaszewski, Louie Cosmi, John Tomaszewski, michael Heil, Nicole Raysor

Not Pictured:
Ted Louis, Christopher Polidore

June 16th was such a beautiful day. The sun was shining almost as brightly as the smiles of the children.

This year we partnered with Stony Creek Anglers and The Lower Providence Optimist Club for our 2ns Annual Children's Fishing Derby. Stony Creek had experienced anglers here to help the children and also acted as judges. The Optimist Club gave us a check to help cover the cost of some of the prizes.

Senator John Refferty was here to see all the fun and to show his support for our cause.

We had over 60 children sign up this year with over 200 fish caught. Now, some of them might have been caught 2 or 3 times but the kids didn't care! They were just having fun! The Sunny seemed to be the most popular but Bass, Trout, Catfish and Suckers were also caught. Seems the Carp weren't biting this year.

There was plenty of food and drink for all. The kids seemed to enjoy playing the games.

We wish to thank the following companies for their help as well as the families that had people volunteer by supplying food and or their time.

Families:	Kraft	Companies/Distributors:
Bancroft	Raysor	Alpine Santation
Beck	Rittenhouse	Bourne Graphics
Cosmi	Small	Dick's Sporting Goods
Donahue	Speers	Starbucks
Grob	Spence	Wal-Mart
Hall	Stiefel	Wawa (Trooper)
Hoy	Stoll	Wawa (Audobon Gas)
McQuirns	Wallace
Neuman

Saturday, September 30th 2006:

We help our 2nd annual Pig Roast on Sept. 30th, 2006. The weather wasn't the best but we had a good turnout. It was great to see all the kids running around and playing games - espcially when the politicians were here.

U.S. Congressman Curt Weldon gave us a donation and his support. His campaign fire truck sure was a hit with the kids.

Pa Senator john Rafferty has been working with us for over a year now. He has made sure DEP won't be doing anything with "our dam" without checking with his office. He is trying to make this temporary solution into a permanent one.

County Commissioner jim Mathews informed us that the country is working on preserving this pristine area of recreation. He said the dam will be saved.

Mike Vereb, who is running for State representative told us if he is elected he will do what he can to help Senator Rafferty.

Even though we received such positive support and statements from Commissioner Mathews, Senator Rafferty and Congressman Weldon, we cannot let our guard down yet. Until somerthing is in writing we should not consider the dam saved! We still need people to attend our meetings to show your support!

We would like to thank the following companies for their support as well as many thanks to the following familes who helped with food, raffles and games.

Families:	Kraft	Companies/Distributors:
Bancroft	Mannato	Alpine Santation
Barndt	Rittenhouse	Les Pigs Extraordinaire
Beck	Shaw	Bourne Graphics
Cosmi	Speers	DJ Ed Light
Donahue	Spence	Gannet-Flemming
Gossard	Stiefel	Stoney Creek Anglers
Grob	Stoll
Hall	Wallace
Kostrubiak

Special thnks to Don and Jimmy Hoy who took care of the parking and to their Mom, Cappy. We used the Hoy property for parking and Cappy donated the Part-a-potties.

We give special recongition to two young girls who sold cupcakes and picked up trash to earn $20 which they donated to our cause. We send special thanks to Casey Stoll and Claire Kraft. With all the problems in the world today, it is great to see young people helping their community.

We had some great items raffled off this year. Our winners were
Kathleen Kane - Homade Afghan
Chris Bruno - Movie Basket
Dawn Evans - Doily Set
Ben Gossard - Tea Set and Gift Certificate
Nicole Stiefel - Eagles Basket and Candle Warmer
Amanda Grob - Kids Basket and Kids Activity Set
Jim Donahue - Newton Animal and Video
Linda Hall - Newton Animal and Video
Kristen Kraft - 3 hours of baby sitting
Scott Cosmi - 3 hours of baby sitting

It was worth attending the roast just to win our raffle items!

If you were one of the people who didn't come, you missed out on an afternoon of good food, good music and an all around good time with our friends and neighbors.

Saturday, June 24th 2006:

Fishing Derby and Fun Day

On Saturday, June 24th, 2006, the Association held our 1st Annual Children's Fish Derrby/ Fun Day. The weather left a lot to be desired but the kids didn't seem to mind. We had a total or 43 children fishing on both sides of the creek, from right above the dam up to the Arcola Bridge. Click here to goto to the pictures page for the Fish Derby

The Fish and Boat Commission supplied us with some educational material for the kids. They also supplied some rods and reels we could load to participants. Scott Cosmi donated a poster to each entrant.

By the time the Derby was called due to an approaching storm, over 30 fish had been caught. Fish Derby Chairman, Donald Hoy and his many volunteers measured the fish and took pictures.

Prizes were privided by -
A W Golden Car Dealership
Cabella's
Dicks Sporting Goods
Models Sporting Goods
North East Scuba Supply

Us Congressman Gerlach took time from his busy day to come see our beautiful recreational area and speak to us about helping to preserve this area.

Our Fun Day consisted of several games for the children. The football toss and baseball throw even had some adult participants! Games and prizes were provided by Becky & Dave Bancroft and Linda & Harry Hall. Signs for the games were provided by Bourne Graphics. Thanks to all those members who helped run the games.

We sold hot dogs, drinks, chips, small desserts and tomato pie which was supplied by the Conshohocken Italian Bakery.

Our day could not have been such a success without the volunteers and people who donated items of food, bait, tackle, etc., to help our Derby.

Many thanks to the following familes

Bancroft, Becky & Dave	Hoy, Donald	Spence, Mike
Beck, Paul & Jan	Hoy, Jimmy	Stiefel, Frank & Patty
Cosmi, Scott & Trish	Lightkep, Nancy & Ed	Stiefel, Nicole
Donahue, Jim & Cora	McQuirns, Scott	Stoll, Charlie
Gossard, Ben & Karen	Raysor, Ken & Justine	Vogt, Buddy & Ruth
Grob, Jim & Amanda	Ryan, Betsy	Wallace, Drew & Kim
Hall, Harry & Linda	Small, Dan	Wallace, Kevin
Hoy, Andrew	Speers, Chuck
Hoy, Cappy	Speers, Tom & Donna

Sunday, June 11th, 2006 at 2 pm:

An open meeting will be held on June 11, 2006 at 2 pm on the banks of the Perkiomen Creek at 143 Tyson Mill (on the Lower Providence Township side of the creek). This is to give an update on the planning and staging for the Fish Derby on 6/24. We want to finalize all planning and efforts at this time..

Sunday, May 21st, 2006 at 2 pm:

An open meeting will be held on May 21, 2006 at 2 pm on the banks of the Perkiomen Creek at 143 Tyson Mill (on the Lower Providence Township side of the creek). This is a planning meeting for staging our Fish Derby on 6/24. Time is critical so we can use everyones ideas and effort.

Sunday, May 7th, 2006 at 2 pm:

We had about 25 people attend our Association meeting on that day with Richard Czop from the PA Fish and Boat Commission, and Steve Nelson from Montco presenting to our group some of the steps that will be necessary for retaining the Dam. As the county considers their involvement and our corporate structure becomes complete we will pursue grants/fund where available such as Growing Greener II...

Our directors for the IndianHead Watershed Association are:
Tom Speers, Harry Hall and Dan Small.
The directors will be meeting again as we formalize our 501(c) organiztion.

IndianHead Watershead Association Pig Roast - 10/1/05:

On Saturday, October 1, 2005, the IndianHead Watershed (IWA) conducted our first ANNUAL Pig Roast. We could not have asked for more beautiful weather or such a great turnout for the day.

The day was filled with great food, fantastic live Reggae music and everyone had a wonderful time. About 200 people attended, and many children enjoyed the day very much. We look forward to more Pig Roasts in the years to come!

The event was attended by many politicians.To note, Montgomery County Commissioner Chairman Jim Matthews attended the event, and was very pleased to see the wonderful recreational area created by the IndianHead Dam, right here in Montgomery County. IWAâ€™s goal with this event was to share with others in our community the great gem we have right here in our own back yard, and we are pleased that we have succeeded in accomplishing that goal.

Thanks to so many who tirelessly worked to make this event a success. Particularly, many thanks to Linda Hall, Coordinator of the Food Planning committee and her husband Harry Hall and family, for coordinating the set-up of the grounds for the picnic. So many people lent a hand in making this event a success, and we would like to thank everyone who helped or who attended.

Below are lists of families and companies/distributors who donated food/products for the event â€“ we appreciate all of your donations and generosity. Thank you all!

Families:	Hoy, Donald	Companies/Distributors:
Amerine	Hoy, James	Acme @ Phoenixville
Barbatschi	Kenney	Austins Beverage
Bancroft	Kummerer	Gannet Fleming
Cosmi	Lovejoy	Getz
Davidson	Mannato	Les Pigs Extraordinaire
Donahue	Ryan	Peggy's Produce Stand
Dougherty	Santoro	Redners @ Collegeville
Gilinger	Sharp	Shaw, Joe
Gossard	Spence	Specks Drive-In, Collegeville
Grob	Stiefel	Stony Creek Anglers
Hall	Stoll
Hoy, Cappy	Vogt

Lower Providence Fun Day - 9/10/05:

On Saturday September 10th, 12pm - 9pm, the IndianHead Watershed Association will have a table with information and packets available on preserving the IndianHead Dam. We will be selling T-Shirts, Buttons and raffle tickets to benefit the proposed saving of the dam. Fun Day is located in Eagleville Park, behind the Lower Providence Township Building. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend!

9/6/05 â€“ Upper Providence Township Meeting - Update

More GOOD NEWS!

Weâ€™ve accomplished yet another small step in gaining public support for saving the IndianHead Dam. The IndianHead Watershed Association presented their position at the Upper Providence Township meeting on September 6. The Township Supervisors have decided to make a resolution of support of preserving the IndianHead Dam!!! Thank you to all that came to the meeting to demonstrate your stance to save the dam. Letâ€™s keep the momentum going! Stay tuned for additional meetings and plans to make this happen.

Lower Providence Township Meeting - 8/18/05 - Update:

THANK YOU!!
We, the IndianHead Watershed Association, presented our position to save the IndianHead Dam to the Lower Providence Township Board of Supervisors on August 18, 2005.

We would like to thank EVERYONE who attended! Our supporters and Association members filled the meeting room as there was "standing-room only."
The presentation was well received by both the public and the Township Supervisors.
The Lower Providence Township Supervisors have made the decision to support our movement and explore the options available to preserve this unique recreational waterway!

This is a huge accomplishment and a great first step for saving this gem for our community and the generations to come. We are pleased with the outcome.

Many thanks to the Lower Providence Township Supervisors.

Some Photos from the meeting...

Meetings of the IndianHead Watershed Association:

Our first public meeting held July 31st. We had a great turnout of over 70 attendees. Our focus was to determine our best avenues to save the dam.

Our second meeting was held on August 7th. Jackie Crahalla, PA State Representative, was in attendance and vocalized her support in our efforts. We would like to offically thank Jackie for her support in our cause! At this meeting we set up our committees. Should you be interested in joining us, please email us at saveindiandam@comcast.net or call us at 610-650-8911.